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16 April 2007

what the bored cat did to the ironing board

You know, I love my cats. Love 'em. I am so happy to have them in my life and to share my space with them. Sometimes I think that no home is complete without a cat. Then again, sometimes, I get home from a short trip and realize that in my haste to leave I left my ironing board out. I know this is stupid of me because leaving it open would be an open invitation for the cats to take turns sleeping on it. As I turn on the lights around the apartment and take off my coat, I see what looks like an exclamation point scrawled on the board. Upon closer inspection, I see that one of the cats has taken it upon himself/herself to drag ass across my ironing board and punctuate it with a tiny but still mightily offensive present. I don't know which cat exactly was responsible for this, but I think I have a pretty good idea as to who the culprit was. ***coughcoughJJcough*** I was stunned. I laughed, because really, what can you do? I got rid of what needed to be disposed of and gingerly peeled the cover off of the board, putting it in a plastic bag to wash in the morning. However, the thought of washing this fouled object and throwing it back on my board, the board that I iron my freshly washed fabrics on, the fabrics I use to make softies and such, was thoroughly unappealing. I am usually not such a wasteful person, but I much preferred a new cover. Luckily, I remembered seeing this nifty little tutorial at the purl bee. I quickly grabbed some batting and some leftover fabric and whipped up this replacement:

Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh, I am now a happy camper. I am a little apprehensive about the quilting on the cover leaving creases in my ironed fabrics and stuff, but perhaps it won't be an issue at all. I did such a sloppy quilting job; my lines were not straight nor spaced evenly. I was rushing to have it done so that I could use the board in the morning. I am pleased with the way the sides cames out, however:

And it fits the bill for now. I think I am going to go ahead and get a larger, standing ironing board soon because it would really help to maximize my space on the work table. Right now, it feels a little cramped with the small ironing board and the sewing machine and the cutting mat all on the same surface. At the moment, though, I am going to celebrate my new ironing board cover....

I totally second Diana's suggestion. And I'd make a "cats are gross" crack here, except that I came home to find that Bailey had emptied the contents of my bathroom wastebasket all over the floor, so I think I'll generalize that to "pets are gross."

The new ironing board cover, OTOH? Totally adorable. Much cuter than gross pets.

Cats: Can't live with 'em, can't live without 'em. I love the top picture of the sheepish looking kitty looking all small. haha!By the way, your banner is so cute! How did you make it? I can never figure out how to do banners.